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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ⓘ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University.
- Early Chess Career
- Youngest Female Grandmaster in History
- Four-Time
- First Woman to Win Biel Chess Festival
- Present and Future
Hou learned how to play chess when she was three years old. By five years of age, she was playing the game regularly and started to receive coaching from IM Tong Yuanming. It didn’t take long for Hou to demonstrate her incredible chess talent. In 2003, at nine years old, she won the Girls U10 World Youth Chess Championship. One year later, she move...
A highlight for Hou in 2008 came when she won the Chinese Women’s Championship a second consecutive time. Once again she finished undefeated with seven wins and four draws. This time she earned a performance rating of 2599. Months later she made history by earning her third and final GM norm. By earning the prestigious grandmaster title at 14 years...
Hou captured individual and team gold (Chinese women’s) in the 16th Asian Games, which took place in November 2010. Her 8.5/9 points earned her a remarkable performance rating of 2798. As notable as that tournament was, what she did the next month was even more impressive. Rated number-three in the Women’s World Chess Championship, 16-year-old Hou ...
Hou had two noteworthy games at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival and Grenke Classic in 2017. At the former tournament in January, she played an exceptional positional queen sacrifice in her win against IM Borya Ider. In April she beat then-world number-three Fabiano Caruana at the Grenke Chess Classic. Clearly, however, the highlight for Hou ...
Hou is still not active in high-level chess events at the time of publishing in February 2020. In an interview with Chess.comin late 2019, Hou expressed that she doesn’t have much time for chess alongside her education. And she reaffirmed how chess isn’t the top priority in her life. “For me, chess is mostly a passion,” Hou said when explaining her...
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy, the second highest rated female player of all time and the four-time Women’s World Chess Champion. She is also a professor at Shenzhen University and has been semi-retired since 2018.
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Sep 28, 2019 · Hou Yifan, the youngest women’s world champion in history, tells David Cox about her journey to become one of the strongest female players of all time.
Hou Yifan is a Chinese grandmaster and former world champion. See her FIDE rating, titles, profile details, individual calculations, rating progress chart, results, statistics and records.
Jul 26, 2021 · Hou Yifan and the Wait for Chess’s First Woman World Champion. For years, Hou was the only woman who stood a chance against the very best. But she had her own ambitions. By Louisa Thomas. July...
Nov 22, 2023 · GM Hou Yifan defeated GM Harika Dronavalli 15-11 in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 Final. She dominated the match with her precision, resilience and knight play, and became the first player to win two WSCC titles.
